Chapter Seventy-Six: The Past (1)
Lin Sheng suddenly sighed and said, "Many years have passed since this happened, so it's okay to talk about it." Emperor Rui is very smart, brave and responsible, although there is the suffering of the northern hunt, but the auspicious people are in the sky, return to the Ming Dynasty, and work hard. But that is also the first, and there is no place to bury the dead. The reincarnation of the way of heaven is always the right way. ”
Yin Zhou said with a smile: "It's not me who hit your brother, in the past, 200,000 soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were buried in Tumu Fort, and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were ten rooms and nine empty, which can be described as an unprecedented defeat, which can be traced back to the shame of Jingkang back then, and it is not as good as that!" Although he returned to the Ming Dynasty, he was also under house arrest for eight years, and he was not as happy as when he was in Mongolia. We often say that people outside the Cypriots are barbarians, but what we do is barbarian things! ”
This is exactly what we are taboo, but Yin Zhou said it. Batu listened, his face flushed. We were all a little breathless, Lin Sheng glanced at everyone and said, "Yes, Mr. Yin is right." The Ming Dynasty has always been the Son of Heaven guarding the country, has always been the blood and blood, foreign enemies invaded, Emperor Rui personally went out to fight, although captured, but did not surrender, no matter the moment of life and death, or beauties and delicacies, Emperor Rui is worthy of being the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. As for returning to China, it is a family matter, and we, as courtiers, have no right to intervene. ”
Yin Zhou picked up the wine glass, saluted Lin Sheng, and then said: "It's just that this emperor, after the reinstatement, killed Lord Yu, the minister of the Ming Dynasty, and also repaired the Xianzhong Temple for that Wang Zhen, hehe, it's a pity that 200,000 soldiers of the Ming Dynasty died in the civil fort, but they are not as good as a eunuch who brought disaster to the country and the people." Alas, alas!|"
When Lin Sheng heard this, he still drank a glass of wine quietly, and said, "Mr. Yin has always boasted of being erudite and talented, do you know what is behind this civil engineering change?" Yin Zhou smiled and said, "I know that Brother Tai is an internal official, but you are jealous and hateful, and you never whitewash the peace, do you want to tell us the truth today?" ”
Everyone was attracted by Yin Zhou's words, and then their eyes fell on Lin Sheng, he seemed to have made a lot of determination, and said: "It's also a kind of fate to be here tonight, what our family said is also left by our ancestors, as for right and wrong, you listen to it, don't comment on it." ”
The Ming Dynasty has always been strong-blooded, starting from Xu Da's Northern Expedition, to Emperor Taizong's imperial expedition, and died of illness in Yumuchuan, which beat the Mongols and fled. After a long time of not sending troops, the world gradually became peaceful, especially after moving the capital to Beijing, the efforts of three generations of emperors created a powerful empire, and the prosperity of the world gradually derived a situation of singing and dancing. Xuanzong can be described as making great efforts, and the Ming Dynasty is unprecedentedly strong, but it is a pity that the sky is not a holiday. But Xuanzong still left behind a strong cabinet to ensure that the Ming Dynasty moved forward steadily. It's just that with the growth of Emperor Yingzong, the three Yang Kaitai after the Xuande Dynasty slowly broke and gradually transferred to the hands of the internal supervisors headed by Wang Zhen. The power of the Ming Dynasty has always been in the hands of three people, one is a civil official, one is a eunuch, and the other is the emperor. In every dynasty and every generation, either the civil officials overpowered the eunuchs, or the eunuchs overpowered the civil officials, and the emperor often chose to choose according to his likes and dislikes. Wang Zhen is Yingzong's teacher, Yingzong has always respected this teacher and always called him sir. Wang Zhen is the eunuch of the ceremonial eunuch, almost all the foreign ministers are whispering in front of him, and the world says that Wang Zhen is autocratic, and even destroyed the iron card left by Emperor Taizu that the internal servants are not allowed to interfere in politics. Wang Zhen's arrogance and the counterattack of the civil officials waiting for the opportunity led to an irreparable situation in the Ming Dynasty!
When Warat, who unified Mongolia, slaughtered the Golden Family, his eyes turned to the Ming Dynasty in the south. He is definitely a generation of heroes, and he dreams of restoring the rule of Dayuan. The rule of Renxuan is the Ming Dynasty, and the country is peaceful and peaceful. Behind the singing and dancing is the lax armament, the lack of empty salaries and food, the sound of horns has not been heard for many years, and it is difficult to find a man who controls the bow. The Beijing army, which claims to be 500,000, is actually less than 200,000, and most of them are the children of official eunuchs.
When the Wara Fourth Route Army attacked the border of the Ming Dynasty, the blood of the young emperor boiled, and the story of the Yongle Emperor's sweep of the North Court had been praised for many years, and the ambition to make contributions had never faded. Wang Zhen even added fuel to the fire, encouraging him to drive the expedition in person. Prior to this, the young emperor had quelled, at least superficially, the rebellion in the southwest, though only in a trivial matter. He felt that the proclamation of the ancestors to expel the Tatars and restore China was still extremely powerful, and it was only yesterday to pacify Mongolia, so he decided to drive the expedition himself, which was what the Yingwu Emperor should do.
The civil servants were initially strongly opposed to the emperor's impulses. There had been no major war for many years, and they were more or less aware of the decay of the Ming army, and they could not let the emperor take this risk. And the emperor resolutely went, and Wang Zhen showed his majesty in the past: the emperor drove the expedition in person, and all the chief officials of the court and the central government accompanied him.
The civil officials no longer objected, the chief officials went to the land of right and wrong, and the adjutants who stayed behind had a lot of thoughts in their hearts.
This was destined to be a failed imperial expedition, and the Beijing troops from all walks of life only stayed in the capital for two days, and the weapons, grain and grass were not even prepared, so they left Deshengmen.
At that time, it had just passed the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, and the happiness of the family reunion made the emperor high-spirited and whipped his horse, but almost everyone had a bad premonition, although the dark tide was turbulent, but they did not expect that the emperor's hasty expedition would be gone forever.
Above the court, the civil officials and the internal supervisors fought endlessly, although it looked like Wang Zhen was winning, but the resistance behind the scenes did not stop for a day. In fact, both sides are looking for the help of a third party, and this third party is not the emperor, but the generals!
No matter who is in command of the army, it is always a matter for the generals to fight. Most of the generals who can fight in the Ming Dynasty are the descendants of Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong, the British Duke Zhang Fu, who has just quelled the rebellion in Jiaozhi, and Zhu Yong, the son of the famous Zhu Neng, they are all hereditary nobles and have world-class martial arts, but these people are naturally arrogant and disdain the diligence of civil officials and internal supervisors. The young emperor no longer has Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong to kill decisively, and treats the heroes too much with respect and favor, so they can live very freely.
Therefore, when the army of the first was constantly knocking on the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty, the reports of defeat everywhere were turned into small things by the generals, and the emperor almost didn't know what was going on outside. Oddly enough, the civil officials didn't say much either!
All this stems from the emperor's distrust of the ministers, and the reason for the distrust is naturally the result of Wang Zhen's autocratic power. Wang Zhen, who was born in a private school, has the insight and courage that ordinary eunuchs do not have, and after entering the palace, he became the playmate of the prince (Yingzong), whether he studied or played, imperceptibly, so that the prince had a kind of dependence on Wang Zhen, and even a relationship similar to that between father and son.
Emperor Xuande, the good emperor and grandson sent by Zhu Yuanzhang in Zhu Di's dream, could have created a peaceful and prosperous world, but unfortunately died young. The nine-year-old prince ascended the throne, and imagine the etiquette of the royal family itself, which made the relationship between father and son not as cordial as that of ordinary people. Around the crown prince, there are either eunuchs or palace maids. Getting along day and night, Wang Zhen naturally became the dependence of Emperor Yingzong, and just after ascending the throne, Wang Zhen was the eunuch of the ceremonial supervisor Bingbi. The troika of the Ming Dynasty, the inner court, the civil officials, and the emperor, for the first time, there was a collaboration between the inner court and the emperor, and naturally, the civil officials became the opposites.
No matter what Wang Zhen did, the emperor acquiesced and respected him as a gentleman, and he was extremely respected. The emperor is like this, it is conceivable that those adults who are like grass on the wall naturally show great enthusiasm for Wang Zhen, Wang Zhen is no longer a teacher who talks to students in a private school, nor is he a prince who reprimands the little eunuch in the courtyard of the deep palace, but a master of ceremonies and eunuchs who stand on top of the majestic hall, despise the bureaucrats who bow down, and give orders. In an era full of flattery, there are flatterers, and there must be upright people. The three ministers left over from the previous dynasty, Yang Shiqi, Yang Rong, Yang Pu, the so-called three Yang Kaitai, still firmly controlled the Ming Dynasty, their sharp eyes saw the signs of Wang Zhen's desire for autocracy, united with the Queen Mother, put pressure on the emperor, and punished Wang Zhen. The dictatorship of internal officials is unquestionable, and Taizu's ancestral training can be directly questioned. Everyone originally thought that they could hit the ground and get rid of the subconscious scourge of the Ming Dynasty, but they didn't want the young emperor to beg the queen mother and ministers bitterly, and even didn't take into account the dignity of the emperor, and pleaded for Wang Zhen in front of the queen mother and ministers, and did not hesitate to bow down.
Whether it is Wang Zhen's dictatorship or corruption and bribery, in the remaining sunset of Renxuan's rule, the Ming dynasty is still effective. The officials of the Ming Dynasty have the habit of working hard, and at the same time, they also have the strength to not admit defeat. The officials were humble and obedient, the chaos in various places was calmed down one after another, and Wang Zhen was victorious, although it was only a superficial victory, but he and the emperor tasted the happiness of the ruler.